What is the job of the police ? To protect & serve the rights of the citizens .
What is the job of the military ? To fight/kill the enemies of the nation state.
These are entirely different jobs with entirely different mindsets.
When you try to make the police the military the police tend to view the citizen as enemy of the state & themselves as being able to use whatever force against whoever they please with no consequences .
This is not a good thing as it will lead to more riots with more death & destruction & in the in between riots time YOU could very easily find yourself being collateral damage to a militarized police.
excellent way to put it! will have to remember this!
Mike
There’s probably a time and place for talking about militarization of police, but ferguson is NOT it.